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Food-services staff outlines local-food partnerships, grant cancellation and in-school growing projects
Summary
A district food-services staff member described partnerships with HP Hood, Wellspring Harvest and AC Produce, use of DoD fresh produce entitlements, an $18,810 Northeast Food for Schools grant that was later canceled by USDA, and two in-school grow towers used for student lessons.
A district food-services staff member told the committee the district received an $18,810 Northeast Food for Schools grant to purchase locally produced milk, meat and produce and used those funds to expand local purchasing where possible. “Last year, we actually got an 18,810 grant to purchase local foods, through the department of elementary and secondary ed,” the staff member said.
The staff member described ongoing local partnerships: milk and dairy from HP Hood (noting the milk delivered to the schools comes from Massachusetts…
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